Scooby’s Club raises $250,000 pre-seed for premium dog care hubs
Scooby’s Club, a petcare startup that runs a network of premium dog care hubs in residential neighbourhoods, has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by TDV Partners.
Founded in 2025 by XLRI Jamshedpur alumni Animeha Singh and Ankit Gupta, Scooby's Club combines canine behavioural principles with purpose-built indoor spaces in residential neighbourhoods. The startup said that every dog undergoes temperament testing and is grouped by size, enabling safer, lower-stress socialisation.
The startup also said that the spaces are fully indoor and climate-controlled, with sound, scent, and colour elements designed to provide mental enrichment throughout the day. It also offers allergen-sensitive care, personalised attention and 24x7 CCTV access, giving pet parents complete visibility into their dog's experience.
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Scooby’s Club will use the raised funds to expand to 2 new properties across Bengaluru neighbourhoods over the next 6-12 months, along with hiring and training canine coaches to deliver an expert-led experience. In the long term, the startup aims to build a network of 100 properties across major Indian cities, using its neighbourhood-led model to bring care closer to where pet parents live.
“Pet care in India started with the basics: food, grooming and vet services, but the way we live with our pets has changed. They are no longer just at home waiting for us; they are part of our routines, our weekends, our travel plans and, for many families, as close to us as children. That has changed the standard of care pet parents expect,” said Animeha Singh.
“Through our own experience, we saw how difficult it can be to find a place you can truly trust when you need to leave your dog behind. There are plenty of boarding and homestay options, but very few that offer the trust or standards of a Taj. That is the gap we set out to address with Scooby’s Club, creating neighbourhood spaces where dogs are safe, understood and genuinely happy.”
Ujwal Sutaria, Founder and General Partner at TDV Partners, said, “India’s pet economy is growing alongside rising disposable incomes, changing lifestyles and increasing pet adoption. With more dual-income-no-kids DINK and single-income-no-kids SINK households, pets are the new kids in the family, sometimes the only kids and at other times preceding kids, and people are willing to spend more on their health, happiness and everyday care.
But finding a reliable place to leave your dog for a few hours, a day or even longer can still be surprisingly difficult. Scooby’s Club is solving this everyday gap by bringing together canine wellbeing, safety and convenience in a way that fits into the lives of today’s pet parents. We were particularly drawn to the founders’ understanding of this need and their vision to build a trusted neighbourhood-led model.”
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